CA1281698C - Twist-lock tool-operable panel traversing sleeve for cables - Google Patents

Twist-lock tool-operable panel traversing sleeve for cables

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Publication number
CA1281698C
CA1281698C CA000501093A CA501093A CA1281698C CA 1281698 C CA1281698 C CA 1281698C CA 000501093 A CA000501093 A CA 000501093A CA 501093 A CA501093 A CA 501093A CA 1281698 C CA1281698 C CA 1281698C
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Prior art keywords
flange
panelling
square aperture
approximately
relief device
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French (fr)
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Jacques Filbert
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Leviton Manufacturing Co Inc
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Leviton Manufacturing Co Inc
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02GINSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G3/00Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
    • H02G3/02Details
    • H02G3/06Joints for connecting lengths of protective tubing or channels, to each other or to casings, e.g. to distribution boxes; Ensuring electrical continuity in the joint
    • H02G3/0616Joints for connecting tubing to casing
    • H02G3/0625Joints for connecting tubing to casing with means for preventing disengagement of conductors
    • H02G3/0633Joints for connecting tubing to casing with means for preventing disengagement of conductors with means urging the conductors to follow a non-straight line
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16BDEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B2200/00Constructional details of connections not covered for in other groups of this subclass
    • F16B2200/20Connections with hook-like parts gripping behind a blind side of an element to be connected
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/44Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof
    • Y10T24/44017Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof with specific mounting means for attaching to rigid or semirigid supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured
    • Y10T24/44026Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof with specific mounting means for attaching to rigid or semirigid supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured for cooperating with aperture in supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION:
The invention features a strain relief device for mounting wires and cable into a panel. The body of the device carrying the cable is flexible and attached to the panel by a rotational motion. The panel is locked between two flange sections of the body by a number of locking ramps that bias one of the flanges into locking engagement with the panel.

Description

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1~81~98 TWIST-LOCK TOOL-OPERABLE PANEL TRAVERSING
SLEEVE FOR CABLES
FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The invention features a strain relief device for installation of wire S and cable into panelling, and more particularly to a flexible strain relief device that is easily mountable in a panel and which can accommodate a variety of wire and cable.
BACKGROUND OF THE I~VENTION:
In mounting power supply cords and other electrical wires or cables in a panel, it is necessary to install them, such that strain is not imposed upon the copper conductors and the surrounding insulation. The stressing of wires or cables at their points of contact with panelling can lead to serious shorting or disruption of the electrical current.
In the past, a strain relief device was utilized to alleviate cable stresses, wherein the device housing was clamped around the cable and threaded into the panelling. While the threaded strain relief protected the wires, it wastoo cumbersome and costly to install.
The present invention features a new strain relief design that quickly and easily mounts to a panel, and which has the further advantage of ; 20 accommodating wires, cords and cables of varying types, materials, and construction. The strain relief device of this invention will provide good retention of the wires subject to both no~mal and torsional forces applied at the entry point in the panel.

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BRlEF SUMMARY OF THE rNVENTION:
The invention relates to a flexible strain relief device for installing wire or cable into a square aperture disposed in panelling. The device comprisesa flexible body having a wire or cab}e supporting conduit. The entrance of the conduit is disposed at a rear portion. First and second flange sections are provided at the rear portion of the body. These flange sections are approximately square in shape. The flange sections are spaced apart by at least a thickness of the panelling, and have an approximate 45 degree orientation withrespect to each other, i.e. the flange sections are displaced at an angle of 45 degrees about a central body axis.
The strain relief device is inserted in the square aperture of the panelling by orienting the body at approx~nately 45 degrees with respect to an upright position, i.o. at a 45 degree ang1e about the central body axis. In thisposition, the first flange section will pass through the square aperture. The strain relief device is then rotated approximately 45 degrees back to the upright position, wherein the first flange section becomes locked behind the panelling.
The panelling is now disposed between the first and second flange sections.
The first flange section has chamfered corners that allow the flange section to pass through the square aperture in the panelling at a 45 degree orientation, but become locked in the upright position.
A number of ramps disposed along a front poqtion of the first flange section biase`s the strain relief device into locking engagement with thepanelling. Each ramp is disposed about a co~ner of the lSrst flange section.

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The front portion of the first flange section is disposed oppositely a rear portion of the second flange section, so that the panelling will become locked between the two flange sections.
A pair of holes in the body receive the teeth of a torquing tool for S rotating the body of the strain relief device with respect to the panelling.
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved strain relief device.
It is another object of this invention to provide a strain relief device that is easy to install and can accommodate many different wire, cord, and cable types.
These and other objects of the invention will become more apparent and will be better understood with respect to the following detailed description considered in conjunction wi~h the accompanying drawings.
BRIl~F D~SCRlPTION OP T~ DRAWlNGS:
15~ Pigure I is a perspective view of the strain relief device of this invention, and the square aperture of a panel into which the device is inserted;Figure 2 is a top view of ~lhe strain relief device of Figure 1, with a cable disposed therein;
Figure 3 is a back view of the strain relief device of Figure 2, with a sectional cut shown through a cable disposed therein;
Figure 4 is a left side view of the strain relief device of Figure 2;
Figure 5 is a right side view of the strain relief device of Figure . - . .

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~81698 Figure 6 is a front view of th~ strain relief device of Figure 2;
Figure 7 is a bottom view of the strain relief device of Figure 2, with a sectional cut shown through the cable;
Figure 8 is a sectional side view of the strain relief device of Figure 1 in a mounted position on the panelling;
Figure 9 is a sectional bottom view of the strain relief device depicted in Figure 8, and Figure 10 is a front sectional view of the strain relief device illustrated in Figure 8, taken between the rear flange sections.
DETAILED DPSCRIPIION OF T~ IN~NTION:
Generally speahng, the invention pertains to a strain relhf device for mounting wires or cables to a panel ~or the sake of brevity, like elements will be assigned the same designation tbroughout the drawings Referring now to the figures, and particularly to Pigure 1, a strain ~; relief device 10 of this invention is illustrated in an upright position with respect to a square aperture 11 in a panel 12 into which it is to be inserted (arrow 13).
The strain relief device 10 is made of a flexible material such as hard rubber, and cames a cable 14 in a conduit 15 (Figure 8) run~ung through : its one-piece body 16, from a bottom entrance 17 to a rear exit 18.
The body 16 of device 10 has a snubbed-nose section 19 for protecting the cable 14 from shock forces ~:

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~X~169~3 The rear portion 20 of body 16 has two flanges 21 and 22, respectively. The flanges 21 and æ are separated by a groove 23 having a thickness "d" equal or slightly greater than the thickness "D" of plate 12, as best seen in Figures 8 and 9. Figures 8 and 9 illustrate the device 10 mounted to S plate 12.
Flange 21 and 22 are approximately square-shaped, except that the corners "A" of flange 21 are chamfered to give an octagonal appearance, as best seen in Figures 3 and 10.
When the device 10 is to be inserted into (arrow 13) aperture 11 of plate 12 (Figure 1), it is necessary to rotate (arrow 24) the body 16 from its illustrated upright position, and push (arrow 13) flange 21 into aperture 11.
At an angle of 45 degrees counterclockwise about center axis 30, the chamfered corners A of flange 21 will clear the corner sections "B" of aperture 11, and allow the flange 21 to pass behind plate 12.
If the body 16 is now rotated back to its upright position (45 degrees clockwise), the corners A of flange 21 will lock into place behind plate: 12, thus attaching the strain relief device 10 to piate 12. 1~ this locked position, the plate 12 is disposed in groove 23 between the flanges 21 and æ, respectively.
A locking fft is insured by means of ramps 27 cut into co~ners A
of flange 21, which provided camming leverage between the plate 12 and flange 21, when the body 16 is rotated 45 degrees clockwise to the upright position shown in Figure 1.

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1~1698 Holes 32 may be provided in body 16 for receipt of a torquing tool (not shown) for rotating the body 16 about axis 30 in a clockwise direction.
A typical cable 14 that can be used with device 10 can be a power cord having three insulated conductors 33, as depicted in Figures 3, 7 and 10.
C)f course, the device 10 can also be utilized with other types of wire or cabling, as befits the need. Flat and square cordage can also be used with the inventive strain relief device. Appropriate modifications will occur to those skilled in this art.
Having thus described the invention, what is desired to be protected by Letters Patent is presented in the subsequently appended claims.

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Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A flexible relief device for installing wire or cable into a square aperture disposed in panelling, comprising:
a flexible body;
means defining a wire or cable supporting conduit having an entrance in said body at a bottom portion thereof and an exit in said body at a rear portion thereof;
a first approximately square flange slightly smaller than the square aperture, disposed at said rear portion;
a second flange, including a rearward facing surface that is larger than the square aperture so that it cannot pass through the square aperture;
an approximately square spacer portion, at least as thick as the panelling and slightly smaller than the square aperture, located between said first and second flanges, said first flange and said spacer portion having an orientation of approximately 45 degrees with respect to each other as measured about a central axis in said body, the corners of said first flange being chamfered so as to pass unhindered through said square aperture at approximately a 45 degree angle of orientation with respect to an upright position;
ramps at the corners of said first flange, recessed within the surface that is facing the rearward surface of said second flange;

each ramp opening to a radial edge of said first flange for receiving the panel, and to a radial edge of said spacer portion for delivering the panel, and having its ramping surface angled so that camming forces upon said first and second flanges and spacer portion are applied annularly and so that minimal force is applied on flange and spacer portion corners radially toward the central axis;
so that upon insertion of said strain relief device in said square aperture of said panelling by orienting said body at approximately 45 degrees with respect to an upright position such that said first flange passes through said square aperture in said panelling, and then rotating said strain relief device approximately 45 degrees back to said upright position, said ramps cam against the panelling until the spacer portion moves into the square aperture, resisting further rotation, whereby said first flange become locked behind said panelling, and said panelling is disposed between said first and said second flanges, said body including a pair of holes for receiving teeth of a torquing tool for rotating said body with respect to said panelling, said body further comprising a snub-nosed section for shock force protection, and said second flange being spaced from said snub-nosed section for resilient absorption of bending forces.
CA000501093A 1985-08-12 1986-02-04 Twist-lock tool-operable panel traversing sleeve for cables Expired - Fee Related CA1281698C (en)

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